Stoma4Life

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Stoma4Life, the Bowel Cancer Awareness and Life as a Ostomate, radio show is hosted by Raphaela. She was lucky to indulge her love of travel, with thirty years working as an airline purser for one of the biggest airlines. This allowed her to visit and explore many exotic and fascinating places around the world. She had just taken early retirement to concentrate on her original career as a graphic designer and illustrator, when her personal Tsunami hit. After being misdiagnosed and not accepting the obvio

Stoma4Life, the Bowel Cancer Awareness and Life as a Ostomate, radio show and podcast is hosted by Raphaela.
Your host Raphaela, invites YOU to join her and benefit from the up-to-date knowledge of the experts she interviews. Surgeons, nurses, specialists in stoma & cancer care, IBS or Crohn’s disease sufferers, people just like her, living with a stoma. She is here to debunk myths, clear up misconceptions and help you approach the subject that so many people are afraid to talk about, in a positive manner. Listen in for a new perspective.

Episodes

Stoma4Life

Raphaela Reeb

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Ironman triathlete Caroline Bramwell returns - thriving with an ileostomy and pushing to new heights. Her fearless drive will stop you in your tracks.

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Stage 4 cancer survivor Natalie Woodward shares her story as the face of Dansac’s new black pouch in the final episode of the Stoma4Life Dansac takeover.

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Dansac Show Takeover with Nikita Patel, 25, who lives with Crohn’s and a permanent stoma. She shares life before surgery, what led up to it and the cultural barriers within a South Asian household.

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Ross Davidson, cancer survivor and Dansac ambassador, cycled across Thailand with two ostomy bags, proving that resilience and adventure thrive beyond challenge.

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Brought to you by Dansac this October for World Ostomy Awareness Day, Lisa Murphy shares how her daughter saved her life, her journey through the ‘mother of all surgeries’ and her climb up Kilimanjaro.

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Bodybuilding with an ostomy! Jordan Ollech shares how strength, resilience and self-advocacy helped her rebuild life after colon failure and major surgery.

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